Sale 9180
New York
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27 May 1999
Price realised
USD 2,300
Estimate
A REGENCE BEECHWOOD FAUTEUIL ( DE DEUXIEME RANG ) Circa 1720 The shell-centered molded crestrail above a rectangular padded back and serpentine seat covered in crimson damask flanked by foliate-carved arm supports, above a similarly carved seatrail centering a stylized shell, on shell-headed foliate-carved cabriole legs joined by a shaped X-stretcher, the stretcher possibly replaced
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Exhibited
New York, Rosenberg and Stiebel, 'Menuiserie Carved Wood Furniture from the 18th Century in France,' 1986
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